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Chloe Blanchard

2017-06-28T08:35:10Z

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'''Chloe Blanchard''' [[SEAS]] '[[2016|16]] is from Palo Alto, California. She graduated in 2016 with a major in Applied Mathematics and minors in Computer Science and French. She served on [[Engineering Student Council]] all four years in [[SEAS]] as the SEAS Class of 2016 Vice President and Representative. Chloe also worked for the Computer Science Department in [[SEAS]] as a teaching assistant in the first-year engineering core class, Art of Engineering, led by David Vallancourt. Chloe lectured four sections a semester, covering the essentials of computer science logic and matlab and/or python syntax.

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Vikas Arun

2015-07-08T01:01:02Z

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Update: Vikas Arun gained notoriety this summer when he made it to the Vegas portion of the auditions for the famed show, So You Think You Can Dance. He beat out all of the other tap dancers auditioning and a majority of the rest of the dancers in order to make it to the very end of Vegas week on the show's twelfth season. His facebook page has gained a large following with displays of encouragement and support from fans, including many Columbians.[https://www.facebook.com/VikasArunDance]

From the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]]: Vikas Arun, SEAS ’17, is currently performing with the Catastrophe Dance Company and will be touring five cities next year with the Celebrity Dance Company. He recently sat down with Spectator to discuss how he balances his workload with his passion for tap.

From Columbia University's "First Look at SEAS First-Years":[http://engineering.columbia.edu/first-look-seas-first-years]

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Dream Job: No idea yet but when that dream job comes along, I'll know it’s right!
Go-to App: Snapchat—It’s an easy way to keep in touch with my friends across the country.
Favorite TV Show: Shark Tank and So You Think You Can Dance
Potential Major: Operations Research and a minor in Economics—I have always been someone who finds an absurd amount of joy in efficiency.

Vikas, 19, began tap dancing at the age of 9 and has since maintained his equal passions for dance and science. He spent half of last summer teaching dance and choreographing competitive dance pieces in the Seattle area, and the second half living in Los Angeles where he danced for Muse Dance Company. The School’s New York City location was a big draw for Vikas, who hopes to one day perform on a major stage.

He continues to train at Broadway Dance Center in midtown and recently joined a dance company set to have its first performance in November. While some may consider tap dancing and engineering polar opposites, Vikas offers a different viewpoint. “Tap dancing is all about musical precision. The best tap dancers are amazing because they can ‘speak’ clearly with their tap shoes. In relationship to the music, they know when to make sounds and when to sit quiet,” explains Vikas. “My engineering background helps me with overlapping disparate rhythm patterns. Studies have pointed to the fact that math and music use similar parts of the brain, and I guess I’m another example supporting that theory!”

Also a bit of an entrepreneur (he started a company in the seventh grade that converted customers’ old VHS tapes to DVDs), Vikas likes that the School provides an exciting entrepreneurial environment. “Through programs like Columbia Business Lab, Columbia has shown that it is dedicated to helping its entrepreneurs get their ideas off the ground,” says Vikas, “and a school that fosters that type of environment is definitely one I want to be a part of.”[http://engineering.columbia.edu/first-look-seas-first-years]

Vikas has also been profiled in a wonderful HerCampus article. [http://www.hercampus.com/school/columbia/vikas-arun-seas-17]

Tags: [[Vikas Arun]] | [[URC]]

Vikas Arun

2015-07-08T01:00:16Z

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Vikas Arun

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From the [[Columbia Daily Spectator]]: Vikas Arun, SEAS ’17, is currently performing with the Catastrophe Dance Company and will be touring five cities next year with the Celebrity Dance Company. He recently sat down with Spectator to discuss how he balances his workload with his passion for tap.

From Columbia University's "First Look at SEAS First-Years":

Hometown: Seattle, WA
Dream Job: No idea yet but when that dream job comes along, I'll know it’s right!
Go-to App: Snapchat—It’s an easy way to keep in touch with my friends across the country.
Favorite TV Show: Shark Tank and So You Think You Can Dance
Potential Major: Operations Research and a minor in Economics—I have always been someone who finds an absurd amount of joy in efficiency.

Vikas, 19, began tap dancing at the age of 9 and has since maintained his equal passions for dance and science. He spent half of last summer teaching dance and choreographing competitive dance pieces in the Seattle area, and the second half living in Los Angeles where he danced for Muse Dance Company. The School’s New York City location was a big draw for Vikas, who hopes to one day perform on a major stage. He continues to train at Broadway Dance Center in midtown and recently joined a dance company set to have its first performance in November. While some may consider tap dancing and engineering polar opposites, Vikas offers a different viewpoint. “Tap dancing is all about musical precision. The best tap dancers are amazing because they can ‘speak’ clearly with their tap shoes. In relationship to the music, they know when to make sounds and when to sit quiet,” explains Vikas. “My engineering background helps me with overlapping disparate rhythm patterns. Studies have pointed to the fact that math and music use similar parts of the brain, and I guess I’m another example supporting that theory!”

Also a bit of an entrepreneur (he started a company in the seventh grade that converted customers’ old VHS tapes to DVDs), Vikas likes that the School provides an exciting entrepreneurial environment. “Through programs like Columbia Business Lab, Columbia has shown that it is dedicated to helping its entrepreneurs get their ideas off the ground,” says Vikas, “and a school that fosters that type of environment is definitely one I want to be a part of.”

Tags: [[Vikas Arun]] | [[Famous Columbians]] [[URC]]

Undergraduate Recruitment Committee

2015-07-08T00:53:19Z

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The '''Undergraduate Recruitment Committee''' ('''URC''') is a subunit of the [[Office of Undergraduate Admissions]] for students who are interested in being part of the recruitment effort for Columbia Admissions. The largest part of being a member of the URC is being a campus tour guide, leading a weekly tour of prospective students, families, and visitors around campus and explaining the history and culture of Columbia. The Office of Undergraduate Admissions recruits new members of the URC each fall. Members undergo extensive training in the spring before becoming full URC members.

The URC consists of an Advisory Board, which is made up of roughly fifteen upperclassmen who help administer the varying programs put on by the URC, and the general body, which is made up of over 150 active tour guides. In addition to the URC, the [[Multicultural Recruitment Committee]] (MRC) and the [[Global Recruitment Committee]] (GRC) also support the Office of Undergraduate Admissions in recruiting students.

Engineering tours have been updated and enhanced in recent years, due to the growth and construction of new aspects of the Fu Foundation both in its programme as well as the buildings that contain it. Those in charge of the Engineering tour program include recent SYTYCD season 12 Vegas week finalist [[Vikas Arun]].

== Programs ==
* [[Days on Campus]]
* Phone-a-thons to admitted students
* Lion's Den
* Online chats to prospective students
* The Alma Mater Program, whereby students return to their high school over break to present about Columbia
* Overnight & Lunch visit programs, through which prospective high school seniors stay overnight or have lunch with a Columbia student in the fall

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Chloe Blanchard

2014-09-30T00:27:43Z

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'''Chloe Blanchard''' [[SEAS]] '[[2016|16]] is from Palo Alto, California. She is majoring in Applied Mathematics and minoring in Computer Science and French. She has been elected to and served on [[Engineering Student Council]] since she her first year in [[SEAS]], as the SEAS Class of 2016 Vice President and the current SEAS Class of 2016 Representative.

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Chloe Blanchard

2014-09-30T00:25:28Z

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'''Chloe Blanchard''' [[SEAS]] '[[2016|16]] is from Palo Alto, California. She is majoring in Applied Mathematics and minoring in Computer Science and French. She has been elected to and served on [[Engineering Student Council]] since she her first year in [[SEAS]], as the SEAS Class of 2016 Vice President and the current SEAS Class of 2016 Representative.

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Chloe Blanchard

2014-09-30T00:24:22Z

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'''Chloe Blanchard''' [[SEAS]] '[[2016|16]] is from Palo Alto, California. She is majoring in Applied Mathematics and minoring in Computer Science and French. She has been elected to and served on [[Engineering Student Council]] since she her first year in [[SEAS]], as the SEAS Class of 2016 Vice President and the current SEAS Class of 2016 Representative.

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Chloe Blanchard

2014-09-30T00:23:55Z

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'''Chloe Blanchard''' [[SEAS]] '[[2016|16]] is from Palo Alto, California. She is majoring in Applied Mathematics and minoring in Computer Science and French. She has been elected to and served on [[Engineering Student Council]] since she her first year in [[SEAS]], as the SEAS Class of 2016 Vice President and the current SEAS Class of 2016 Representative.

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Chloe Blanchard

2014-09-30T00:23:42Z

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'''Chloe Blanchard''' [[SEAS]] '[[2016|16]] is from Palo Alto, California. She is majoring in Applied Mathematics and minoring in Computer Science and French. She has been elected to and served on [[Engineering Student Council]] since she her first year in [[SEAS]], as the SEAS Class of 2016 Vice President and the current SEAS Class of 2016 Representative.

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2014-09-30T00:22:18Z

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Engineering Student Council

2014-02-20T02:10:18Z

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The '''Engineering Student Council''' (ESC) represents the interests of undergraduate students in [[SEAS]]. Not to be confused with the [[Engineering Graduate Student Council]].

== Composition ==

The ESC consists of three parts: the executive board, the class councils, and the representatives-at-large.

=== Executive board ===

* President: Organizes and runs meetings; chief advocate for SEAS student body
* VP Policy: Pursues policy changes; heads policy subcommittee
* VP Finance (née Intergroup): Treasurer of the council; heads co-sponsorship subcommittee
* VP Student Life: Plans campus-wide events for SEAS; heads subcommittee responsible for event planning
* VP Communications: Responsible for all communication and media relations of entire undergraduate engineering population; heads communication committee

=== Class Councils ===

* Senior Class Council: Consists of a president, vice-president, and 2 representatives from the senior class.
* Junior Class Council: Consists of a president, vice-president, and 2 representatives from the junior class.
* Sophomore Class Council: Consists of a president, vice-president, and 2 representatives from the sophomore class.
* First-Year Class Council: Consists of a president, vice-president, and 2 representatives from the freshman class.

=== Representatives at large ===

* University Senator (1): Fully elected member of the [[University Senate]], although the SEAS undergraduate senator sits ex officio on the ESC, he/she does not report to the ESC, nor does the ESC exercise any statutory or governance authority over any element whatsoever of the University Senate or its elected members.
* Academic Affairs Rep: Works with VP for Policy to pursue policy changes to academic life.
* Student Services Rep: Works with VP for Policy to pursue policy changes to [[student services]] such as housing and dining.
* Alumni and Pre-Professional Affairs Rep: Works with [[Center for Career Education|CCE]] to plan events geared towards career/internships. Also works with Columbia Engineering Alumni Association to plan events related to alumni and student interaction.
* Combined Plan "3-2" Representative: Created in 2013, advocates for the 3-2 population.
* Director of Technology: Created in 2008; handles ESC website.

=== Liaisons ===
The ESC has three official liaison positions to the other undergraduate [[student council|student councils]], with one liaising to [[CCSC]], [[GSSC]], and [[SGA]]. In [[2010]], the council added the position of Sustainability Liaison to liaise with [[Green Umbrella]].

== Co-sponsorships ==

See [[Joint Council Co-Sponsorship Committee]]. The large majority of ESC co-sponsorships are run through the [[JCCC]], though other events may be co-sponsored by ESC or its constituent class councils.

In Fall 2013, ESC introduced ESC Project Grants, which are "grants aimed at promoting engineering spirit through engineering projects". Seven student teams were awarded up to $1000 each to work on their own extracurricular engineering projects.

== Elections ==

[[Image:GoldbergProposal.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Adam Goldberg]]'s proposal]]

Since time immemorial, ESC internally elected executive board members, including the president. This was the subject of much controversy over the years, as the election rules can only be altered during the annual constitutional review. Several council members proposed amendments calling for direct elections, but none were approved. Several years ago, [[Adam Goldberg|someone]] accused the ESC of being insular and that it was only electing current council members to E-board positions. The ESC was also widely criticized by campus news sources such as [[Bwog]] and [[Spectator]] for holding internal elections.

In [[2011]], ESC voted during its annual constitutional review to approve direct elections of its executive board. It was decided the first-such elections would take place in [[2012]], as time was needed to draft election rules for these positions. [[Tim Qin]] SEAS '13 became the first ESC President to be elected by the undergraduate engineering student body.

In [[2013]], ESC voted during constitutional review to have its elections run by a centralized elections board. <ref>[http://spectrum.columbiaspectator.com/news/this-week-in-esc-honor-code-news ESC amends Constitution and joins centralized elections board]</ref>

==Current Members==
'''Executive Board'''
*President: [[Sidd Bhatt]]
*Vice President of Finance: [[Brian Wu]]
*Vice President of Policy: [[Tanya Shah]]
*Vice President of Student Life: [[Rushal Rege]]
*Vice President of Communications: [[Jillian Ross]]

'''Representatives-at-Large'''
*Academic Affairs Representative: Robert Ying
*Professional Development & Alumni Affairs Representative: Janiel Li
*Student Services Representative: Jerry Sun
*Sustainability Liaison: Malini Nambiar
*CCSC Liaison: Vishnu Kalugotla
*GSSC Liaison: Manali Yavatkar
*SGA Liaison: Jason Kang
*Director of Technology: Sam Aarons
*3-2 Representative: Seth Hochhauser

'''University Senator'''
*University Senator: Akshay Shah

'''Class of 2014'''
*President: Daniel O'Leary
*Vice President: Caroline Taylor
*Representative: Linda Sun
*Representative: Andrew Gonzalez

'''Class of 2015'''
*President: Joshua Boggs
*Vice President: Shensi Ding
*Representative: Gil Feig
*Representative: Adam Sherman

'''Class of 2016'''
*President: Michelle Lee
*Vice President: Caroline Park
*Representative: [[Chloe Blanchard]]
*Representative: Abdulrahman "Sam" Khoshaim

'''Class of 2017'''
*President: [[Robert Adelson]]
*Vice President: [[Jonathan Barrios]]
*Representative: Sarah Yang
*Representative: Harry Munroe

== Contact ==

You can email the council at [mailto:esc@columbia.edu esc@columbia.edu]

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [http://www.columbiaesc.com/ ESC Website]
* [http://www.facebook.com/columbiaesc/ ESC Facebook Page]
* [http://twitter.com/ColumbiaESC ESC Twitter Account]

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Chloe Blanchard

2014-02-20T02:06:36Z

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'''Chloe Blanchard''' [[SEAS]] '[[2016|16]] is from Palo Alto, California. She is majoring in Applied Mathematics and minoring in Computer Science and French. She has been elected to and served on [[Engineering Student Council]] since she her first year in [[SEAS]], as the SEAS Class of 2016 Vice President and the current SEAS Class of 2016 Representative.

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Chloe Blanchard

2014-02-20T02:06:02Z

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'''Chloe Blanchard''' [[SEAS]] '[[2016|16]] is from Palo Alto, California. She is majoring in Applied Mathematics and minoring in Computer Science and French. She has been elected to and served on [[Engineering Student Council]] since she her first year in [[SEAS]], as the SEAS Class of 2016 Vice President and the current SEAS Class of 2016 Representative.

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Chloe Blanchard

2014-02-20T02:05:26Z

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'''Chloe Blanchard''' [[SEAS]] '[[2016|16]] is from Palo Alto, California. She is majoring in Applied Mathematics and minoring in Computer Science and French. She has been elected to and served on [[Engineering Student Council]] since she her first year in [[SEAS]], as the SEAS Class of 2016 Vice President and the current SEAS Class of 2016 Representative.

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Chloe Blanchard

2014-02-20T02:04:51Z

Chb2132: Chloe Blanchard is a SEAS 16' Applied Math and Computer Science Major from Palo Alto, CA serving on ESC.

'''Chloe Blanchard''' [[SEAS]] '[[2016|16]] is from Palo Alto, California. She is majoring in Applied Mathematics and minoring in Computer Science and French. She has been elected to and served on [[Engineering Student Council]] since she her first year in [[SEAS]], as the SEAS Class of 2016 Vice President and the current SEAS Class of 2016 Representative.

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Chloe Blanchard

2014-02-20T01:55:57Z

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Chloe Blanchard is a current Sophomore in SEAS majoring in Applied Mathematics and minoring in Computer Science and French. She has been elected to and served on ESC as the SEAS Class of 2016 Vice President her freshman year and is the current SEAS Class of 2016 Representative.

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2014-02-20T01:55:44Z

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Chloe Blanchard

2014-02-20T01:46:28Z

Chb2132: Chloe Blanchard is a current Sophomore in SEAS and a member of the Engineering Student Council.

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== Chloe Blanchard ==

Chloe Blanchard is a current Sophomore in SEAS majoring in Applied Mathematics and minoring in Computer Science and French. She has been elected to and served on ESC as the SEAS Class of 2016 Vice President her freshman year and is the current SEAS Class of 2016 Representative.